Military in this area so whether it was an ethnic reprisal or a government reprisal, we ve seen all of this in the last few months. Long term youth unemployment hits a five year high 200,000 under 25s have had no work for more than six months. And there s been a record number of bids to be the next uk city of culture with 20 areas in the running. And coming up on the bbc news channel, georgia hall remains the thick of things at carnoustie on the second day of golf s women s open. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The stabbing of two people in south london by a convicted terrorist could have been prevented, an inquestjury has found. Sudesh amman launched an attack in streatham last year while under surveillance, after being released halfway through a prison sentence. He was shot dead by armed undercover officers after he stole a knife from a hardware shop and began making random attacks on the public. Jurors found that his death had been lawful. Daniel sandford repo
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